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Sponsorship of "The lost colony"
Raleigh sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island. -
Jamestown
First permanent English establishment in the New World saved by tobacco and John Smith. -
The house of Burgesses
They had their first meeting on July 30 1619. First form of self government in the New World by the Europeans. -
New Amsterdam Establishment
New Amsterdam was established by the Dutch. -
Puritans Arrival
Puritans established in Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Beginning of The Pequot War
Native Americans vs the English. Fought about the fur trade. -
End of Pequot War
Pequot were defeated. English massacred 500 Native Americans. -
Bacons Rebellion
Rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor Berkeley. -
Pueblo Revolt
Indigenous pueblo people rose up against the Spanish after the Spanish attempted to convert their religious beliefs and destroyed religious artefacts of the Pueblo people. -
Salem Witch Trials
Women were accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachusetts -
Beginning of the Chickasaw Wars
Chickasaw/British vs. French/Chocktaws -
Stonos Rebellion
Slave Rebellion in 1739 -
End of Chickasaw Wars
Chickasaws won the war. -
Adoption of the Articles of Confederation
The Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation. -
Shays Rebellion
Daniel Shays led charge to violently protest taxes, foreclosures and imprisonments. -
Constitutional Convention
Met to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation -
Washington becomes first president
George Washington was unanimously elected as President by the electoral college. -
French Revolution
An uprising in France against the monarchy in 1789 which resulted in the establishment of France as a republic -
Whiskey Rebellion
To protest the new taxes, the farmers led a revolt against tax collectors in the area. -
John Adams becomes president
As 2nd President of the US, Adams entered presidency as a federalist. He had defeated Jefferson in 1796 election. -
Steam Engine
Used coal rather than water, powered machines like the cotton mills and it led to the factory system. -
Louisiana Purchase
A land deal between the United States and France. -
End of slave importation
Impoeting slaves ended, abolished. At the end of the 1820s, nearly 50 African American antislavery groups had formed in the nation by whites and free blacks. -
War of 1812
A conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom -
Monroe becomes presidents
His presidency is known as the “Era of Good Feelings.” -
Nullification Crisis
Confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government. South Carolina declared that the Federal Tariffs were unconstitutional. -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson forcibly removed the Cherokee from Georgia and about 4000 died. This happened due to him signing the Indian Removal Act. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women’s rights convention in U.S. history led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The convention later gained much criticism. -
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
This treaty ended the Mexican War. The US gained California and the Southwest and Rocky Mountains -
Battle of Fort Sumter
In Fort Sumter, South Carolina the first battle between Union and Confederates over control of coastal fort. -
Homestead Act of 1862
Promised plots of land to anyone willing to move and settle in these Western lands. Farmers were migrating to the West to find new, fertile, and cheap lands. -
The Pacific Railway Act
Approved the building of a trans-continental railroad that linked the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Due to Union preventing a Southern invasion, Lincoln took it as an opportunity to issue his “Emancipation Proclamation”. It only “freed” slaves in the Confederacy. -
Battle of Gettysburg
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Led by Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg was the final attempt of the South to invade the North. It was a turning point in the civil war. Lee’s forces retreated and allowed the North to regain control of the war. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater Washington, DC. He was shot in back of head by pro-Southern actor John Wilkes Booth. -
Johnson's impeachment
Congress passed the Tenure of Office Act, requiring that Presidents secure the consent of the Senate before removing cabinet members.
Even so, Johnson dismissed Secretary of War Stanton. Congress voted to impeach Johnson for violating Tenure of Office Act. -
Completion of the railroad
The two tracks finally connected at Promontory Summit in Utah. A golden spike marked mark the completion of the transcontinental railroad. -
Invention of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in hopes of broadening the communication and making it faster. -
Battle of Little Big Horn
The US government sent General George Custer to battle the Sioux. The general's 700 men were slaughtered by 7,000 Sioux Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn. The US Army forced Sitting Bull to flee to Canada. -
Compromise of 1877
To win the 1876 election, Northern Republicans and Southern Democrats came to an agreement called the Compromise of 1877. The North removed troops from the South and won the election. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act that prohibited Chinese to enter into the US and limited the rights of the Chinese immigrants that already lived in the country. -
The Haymarket Affair
A labor protest rally near Chicago’s Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. It was viewed a setback for the organized labor movement in America. -
wounded knee massacre
Troops were sent out to capture the natives as they were being pushed out of their ancestral lands. In Wounded Knee Creek, the government slaughtered over 100 Native men, women and children. friggin murderers smh, rudes. -
Pulman Strike
Workers began a strike protesting wage cuts and layoffs. The strike got violent with protesters destroying rail lines and equipment. -
Anthracite coal strike
Union wanted shorter days and higher wages but owners would not agree to any of the terms set by the workers. Due to there being a need for coal in the winter, owners back down. -
NAACP
Its founders being W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Store. It was an organization that fought for the advancement of African Americans. -
16th amendment
Income tax law that assigned higher taxes to people with higher incomes. -
US enters the War
Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany after the Zimmerman telegram and the sinking of neutral ships. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germany sends telegram asking Mexico for an alliance
Germany promised to return of the lands lost to US in the Mexican War of the 1840s. -
18th Amendment
Banned manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages but not the consumption. Known as prohibition and started by the temperance movement. It rose the organized crime rates, especially done by Al Capone. -
19th Amendment
Gave women won the right to vote -
The Stock Market crash
Everybody began buying with credit as there were a so many products, but there were too many products and not enough consumers. -
US enters WWII
After Pearl Harbor the US declares war on Japan, officially becoming part of WWII. The war was used as a coming out of the Great Depression. -
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Japanese pilots bombed the naval forces in Hawaii with a suicide bombing tactic. -
Japanese Internment Camps
FDR gave an executive order claiming that all Japanese citizens were to be forcefully relocated. The camps incarcerated the citizens up until March 20th 1946. -
Berlin Airlift
Western allioes flew supplies over the people due to the blockade that had been set up to keep the aide out. The Berlin Airlift continued until September 30 1949 -
Cold War begins
the communist Soviet Union and its allies against the United States and its Western allies. It was a war that would have led the world to nuclear Armageddon due to its heavy tension. -
JFK wins presidency
defeated VP Richard Nixon in one of the closest popular vote races in history. Their debate was televised, leading people to believe that it helped Kennedy win. -
Bay of Pigs
JFK plans to invade Cuba with the CIA and overthrow Castro but the plan fails ruins the image of the US to Cuba. -
LBJ presidency
Right after JFK was assassinated, LBJ is sworn into presidency. -
JFK assassination
JFK was assassinated in Texas while riding in a presidential motorcade. -
US enters the Vietnam War
United States Marines went to Da Nang, first wave of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam. -
Kent State Massacre
Shootings at Kent State where college students were having a mass protest against the Vietnam War. a total of 4 students were killed. -
Watergate Scandal
The Watergate Scandal happened during the reelection of President Richard Nixon. He was caught spying on the Democratic party by wiring the rooms they stayed in and sending a group to go through the papers of the democrats. This led to Nixon's resignation. -
Iran Hostage crisis
52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days and were released when Reagan came into presidency. -
Strike of air traffic controllers
A safety concern rose when workers walked off the job illegally but Reagan fired the controllers and replaced with military personnel temporarily. -
Challenger explodes
NASA space shuttle Challenger exploded after taking off and killed seven astronauts in it including a teacher that served as an astronaut. -
Persian Gulf War
Iraq attacked Kuwait but US stopped Kuwait from being taken over -
Clintons Impeachment
A scandal of President Clinton having an with Lewinsky and attempting to cover it up, he was impeached for perjury. Trials started December 19th 1998. -
9/11
Al-Qaeda members hijacked airplanes and 2 crashed into the world trade center. This was one of the major terrorist attacks in the USA. -
2008 Election
First African American president in the United States, Barack Obama. It was a surprising elections due to so many minorities and the youth voting.
